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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid Here are a couple of pics from the back. One from each side. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. The splash Well got pretty trashed when I put the engine and all the components together. 5200 is pretty hard to get off when it is tacky. wd40 helps. I...
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    Roll and Tip tools

    Getting ready to paint the topside and gunwhales of my Texas Maid bikini blue, as soon as the Petit paint arrives. Need to ask those with experience what brand/nap roller and brush is best for this chore? I have access to the usual box stores and several small paint stores and run of the mill...
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid That was a pic I took to help the nice ladies at the state of Texas to give me my title. Here is the one I am going to use to thank her for her help. I was in quite a loop with the state bueracracy when I was able to kick it up a notch. I almost gave up and dumped...
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid Well, I am getting closer to getting the transom completed. Both of my batteries are down after trying to drill the holes in the aluminum. I ran out before my last hole so I called it a day (My electric drill is dead). This is what it is going to look like when...
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid Not sure what the previous owner was thinking, there is one on each side in the transom. I think I will patch with some bondo to clean it up a bit.
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid Sorry folks, I forgot the pics. I was a bit distracted from my other project of the day. Mans gotta eat. As you can see below the popped rivit problem I am having. I replaced a couple with some aluminum fasteners I had left over but I went out and bought the SS...
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid Here is where I am at now. This pic is the transom and the rear deck. I resin them at the same time to save on rollers. It is amazing how many of those things I have used. I tried to resin alot of wood at the same time but when I get to the last one the resin is...
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    Re: Rehab on 65 Texas Maid So I got the old transom out before I pulled the water well. I finally decided it would be a good idea to get the water well out of the way when I saw some old screws across the transom and some weird brackets. Hard to explain but I am not sure what the previous owner...
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    Texas Title for a Texas Maid

    ...letter to the original owner for a bonded title and was refused. I heard you can get a lost title if you sketch the serial number on a piece of paper so I am trying that but cannot find the serial number on my boat. It is a 1965 Texas Maid. Does anyone know where the serial number would be?
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    Rehab on 65 Texas Maid

    I am currently restoring my 20ft Texas Maid and was wondering about the transome. I am not sure if it needs replacing. There is not much movement but there are some cracks where it has been repaired before. There are some openings as well that have some rotting wood. Can this repair wait until I...
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    Sloppy shifting, or another worn dog?

    ...got the Big Twin tuned on the water, adjusted the control cable for the shifter and generally had a good time. The boat is an early 60's Texas Maid 15 ft. ski boat with twin outboards (not matched); a Johnson FD-11 18 hp on the starboard side and the Big Twin on the port side. The motors are...
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    Texas Maid update

    Took the Texas Maid with twin power to the lake yesterday. Photo of her in one of the boat slips is attached. She ran out well and we were making upwards of 25 mph when the clutch dog in the Big Twin started slipping (groan). More work to be done there. Wound up trolling from spot to spot and...
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    Time on my hands...latest incarnation of Texas Maid with twins

    Have had some time on my hands recently, while looking for work. Had two Johnson outboards as twins on this boat earlier, an 18 and a 15 hp. This is the second incarnation of twin power for this boat, a 57 Evinrude Big Twin 35 hp and a Johnson FD-11 18 hp, had to extend the legs on both motors...
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    My 1964 Texas Maid Restoration Thread - Transom

    Started working on the transom. Had to clean out the boat first since it was driving me nuts. Cleaner Deck: The nuts and bolts on the transom are pretty tight and rusty. I'm going to drop some oil on them over night before I go out out of town tomorrow. The wood in the transom is wasted. I...
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    New Guy - Old Boat - 1964 Texas Maid

    Hi I'm new to the forum and have never restored any type of boat before. I found this Texas Maid in Texas. It appears to be a very clean and well built old boat and I'm going to turn it into a fishing machine for my family. I have 4 kids so we need all the room we can get. This boat sure does...
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    Bilge pump questions

    Need some advice on what kind/size bilge pump to put in the Texas Maid 15 foot aluminum runabout. Photo is attached. There is no bilge per se, just the space between the deck and hull (pretty shallow at the transom) and the drain hole is situated about 5 inches forward of the starboard corner of...
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    Battery size/capacity

    ...around in Tractor Supply today looking at tap/die sets and went back to look at the batteries. I need to get a battery soon for the Texas Maid that I'm restoring, so I picked up a 5 foot pos cable to replace the tattered one I have. Got to looking at the smaller batteries and noticed one said...
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    Help me decide please

    I have a '57 Texas Maid Bahama 16' aluminum boat currently with a '73 Johnson Seahorse 50hp two cylinder. It goes well with a top speed of a little over 20mph. I believe it should go a bit better but that is a long term project. According to some Texas Maid information I found my boat was...
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    Texas Maid goes out tomorrow

    Well, finished up all the details needed to put the Texas Maid project in the water tomorrow and see how well she scoots with the twin Johnson 18 hp's on the transom. Ran both motors in a tub in the driveway today and got them tuned for this year and the throttle cables adjusted at the control...
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    Texas Maid project update, with pix

    Finally made enough progress and shot enough pix to give an update on the Texas Maid restoration project. Goal is to make a good fishing boat out of her using twin outboards for power. She's still rough...need to de-rust and paint the trailer and boat and finalize the seating after a late March...
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